Today in Christian History – July 19

1848 – More than three hundred men and women assemble in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, New York, for the first formal convention to discuss “the social, civil, and religious condition and the rights of women.” The event will be called the birthplace of the women’s rights movement. Men are not allowed into the convention until the second day.

http://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/today/7/19

The Alliance of Reformed Baptists of Canada ordained the very first woman to the ministry in Canada in the late 1800s. At General Conference in 1867, a resolution was adopted favoring the right of women to vote (as well as the right of freedmen—blacks). This was 44 years before the US constitution was amended to ensure women voting privileges.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Church

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